Use of tissue Doppler imaging to confirm the diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy in a dog with equivocal echocardiographic findings

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1877-1880

  Chetboul, Valérie ^a,b   Sampedrano, Carolina Carlos ^a   Testault, Isabelle ^c   Pouchelon, Jean Louis ^a,b  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CLINIQUE VÉTÉRINAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EYELID DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE INJURY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DIASTOLE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; NICTITATING MEMBRANE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 10444265889     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.1877     Document Type: Article

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